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Public Health to Provide Exams and Preventive Dental Care in Champaign–Urbana Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 29, 2005
Contact
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
217-531-4275
Public Health to Provide Exams and Preventive Dental Care in Champaign–Urbana Schools
Program Will Reach Out to All Champaign-Urbana School Children
“Rather than hiring another company to do this work, as we have in the past, we’ve decided to bring these dental services to the schools ourselves.”
– Interim Public Health Administrator Garry Bird.
Starting January 10, 2006, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District dentists and dental hygienists will go directly to area schools to offer exams and preventive dental services to all schoolchildren who opt to take advantage of the program.
The dental health visits will help children in Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grades get their required dental exams by a May 1 deadline. But the program will also provide exams to children in other grades, along with fluoride treatments to all children who opt to take advantage of the program.
And school children who qualify for the schools’ free or reduced lunch program will be eligible for dental sealants.
Cavities are a common problem for children – and the problem begins when they’re quite young. Tooth decay affects nearly a fifth of 2–4-year-olds, more than half of 8- year-olds, and more than three-fourths of 17-year-olds.
Dental exams can catch problems early and fluoride treatments are effective at preventing tooth decay.
Dental sealants are a plastic coating applied to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, sealants are a safe,
effective way to prevent cavities in children. The sealants are a physical barrier so that cavity-causing bacteria cannot invade the chewing surfaces of teeth.
Healthy People 2010, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, proposes that no less than half of all U.S. children have dental sealants by 2010. Currently, less than 25% of schoolchildren do.
Students who are found to have dental problems that require more intensive care will be referred to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s Division of Dental Health for these services.
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Get Your “Health Check” in the New Year in Champaign
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 23, 2005
Contact
Division of Chronic Disease Prevention & Management,
217-531-2904
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
217-531-4275
Get Your “Health Check” in the New Year in Champaign
Adult Flu & Pneumonia Shots Also Offered at Health Check Clinics
The Champaign County Public Health Department and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District are offering the following Health Check Clinics in Champaign in January. Any Champaign County resident aged 18 or older is eligible for the blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings offered at the clinics. Adult flu and pneumonia shots will also be available.
The Health Check Clinics in Champaign will be:
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Wednesday, January 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District main building, 710 N. Neil St., Champaign.
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Wednesday January 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District main building, 710 N. Neil St., Champaign.
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Thursday, January 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hays Center, 1311 W. Church St., Champaign.
Flu shots cost $18.70. Pneumonia shots are $29.70. Blood pressure screenings are free. Blood sugar tests cost $2 and cholesterol checks cost $4. No one will be turned away for inability to pay.
For clinics in Rantoul or Tolono, or more information, please call the Health Check Hotline at 217-531-4252.
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Get Your “Health Check” in the New Year in Rantoul or Tolono
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 23, 2005
Contact
Division of Community Health Nursing
217-531-2904
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
217-531-4275
Get Your “Health Check” in the New Year in Rantoul or Tolono
Flu & Pneumonia Shots Also Available for Adults and Children
The CHAMPAIGN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT is offering Health Check Clinics in Rantoul and Tolono in January. Any Champaign County resident aged 18 or older is eligible for the blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings offered at the clinics. Adult and child flu and pneumonia shots are also available.
The County Health Check Clinics will be:
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Thursday, January 5, from 3-6 p.m., from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Northern Champaign County Community Service Center, 520 E. Wabash, Rantoul.
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Thursday, January 19, from from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Northern Champaign County Community Service Center, 520 E. Wabash, Rantoul.
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Thursday, January 19, from 3-6 p.m. at the Tolono Public Library, 111 E. Main St., Tolono.
Adult flu shots cost $18.70. Adult pneumonia shots are $29.70. Child flu & pneumonia shots are free to children who are uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid eligible, American Indian or Alaska Native. Underinsured children include those who have health insurance but whose coverage does not include vaccines. Children whose health insurance covers only select vaccines or caps the vaccine cost at a certain limit are categorized as underinsured.
No one will be turned away for inability to pay. For more information, please call the Health Check & Flu Shot Hotline at 217-531-4252.
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